Director Notes Archives
Founded in 2010 by Matteo Tonello, Director Notes is a series of online publications in which The Conference Board engages experts from several disciplines of business leadership (including corporate governance, risk oversight, and sustainability) in an open dialogue about topical issues of concern to member companies.
Evaluating Boards: A Policy Agenda in Need of Perspective
June 2019 | Director Notes
Beware the 80/20 Governance Trap: Focus on the 'G' in ESG
May 2019 |Sustainability Matters
Responsible Digital -- Extending Ethical Business Principles to Digitalization
April 2019 | Sustainability Matters
Forcing Shareholder Engagement: A Study on the Underpinning and Political Ambitions
January 2019 | Director Notes
Campaign Finance Reform Without Law
December 2018 | Director Notes
Board Meeting Attendance—Findings from a NIFTY 500 analysis
December 2018 | Director Notes India
India at a Crossroads—Transitioning to a renewables-based electricity system
November 2018 | Director Notes India
Women Directors on Indian Boards
November 2018 | Director Notes India
Responsible Business Practices—India Perspective
October 2018 | Director Notes India
When Does Gender Diversity on Boards Benefit Companies?
October 2018 | Director Notes
September 2018 | Director Notes India
August 2018| Sustainability Matters
ESG Rating and Ranking Initiatives -- A Necessary Evil?
May 2018 | Sustainability Matters
EU Circular Economy Package: A Challenging Yet Important Impulse
April 2018 | Director Notes
Quarterly Earnings Guidance -- A Corporate Relic?
March 2018 | Director Notes
Are Directors Paid Too Much? An Analysis of Corporate Board Member Compensation from 1997-2012
February 2018 | Director Notes
Sustainability in the Mainstream: Why Investors Care and What it Means for Corporate Boards
November 2017 | Director Notes
Environmental and Social Proposals in the 2017 Proxy Season
September, 2017 | Director Notes
Sharing the Lead: Examining the Causes and Consequences of Lead Independent Director Appointment
August, 2017 | Director Notes
Board Oversight of Long-Term Value Creation and Preservation: What needs to change?
July, 2017 | Director Notes
Integrating Creating Shared Value and Corporate Governance
March, 2017 | Director Notes
The Role of the Nomination Committee in Board Independence and Composition in Indian Companies
March, 2017 | Director Notes India
Effect of Gender Diversity on Board Decision-making: Interviews with Board Members and Stakeholders
January, 2017 | Director Notes
Regulation of Related Party Transactions in India
November, 2016 | Director Notes India
A Strategic Cyber-Roadmap for the Board
November, 2016 | Director Notes
How Activist Investors Identify Their Targets
June, 2016 | Director Notes
April, 2016 | Director Notes
Activist Hedge Funds, Golden Leash Special Compensation Arrangements, and Advance Notice Bylaws
December, 2015 | Director Notes
Business Case for Corporate Investment in ESG Practices
July, 2015 | Director Notes
Next Frontier for Boards: Oversight of Risk Culture
June, 2015 | Director Notes
Diversity on Corporate Boards: How Much Difference Does “Difference” Make?
January, 2015 | Director Notes
Navigating the Sustainability Transformation
January, 2015 | Director Notes
Shareholder Proposals on Social and Environmental Issues
December, 2014 | Director Notes
Women on Boards: Beyond Quotas
September, 2014 | Director Notes
Corporate Social Responsibility in India
August, 2014 | Director Notes
Managing Supply Chain Sustainability and Risk
July, 2014 | Director Notes
Interim CEO: Reasonable Choice or Failed Selection?
June, 2014 | Director Notes
Distracted Directors and Firm Value
June, 2014 | Director Notes
Activism of Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman
May, 2014 | Director Notes
Corporate Sustainability in Brazil
May, 2014 | Director Notes
How Do Financial Markets Respond to Corporate Sustainability Disclosure?
April, 2014 | Director Notes
Corporate Governance Practices in US Initial Public Offerings
April, 2014 | Director Notes
March, 2014 | Director Notes
How Well Do Corporate Directors Know Senior Management?
March, 2014 | Director Notes
Developing an Effective Climate Change Strategy
February, 2014 | Director Notes
Impact of Board Dynamics on Shareholder Value Creation
February, 2014 | Director Notes
Trends in Exclusive Forum Bylaws
January, 2014 | Director Notes
Risk Oversight: Evolving Expectations for Boards
January, 2014 | Director Notes
Board Accountability in the Current Governance Landscape
December, 2013 | Director Notes
Fairness Opinions in the Sale of a Company: Context Is Key
November, 2013 | Director Notes
November, 2013 | Director Notes
Link Between Brand Value and Sustainability
October, 2013 | Director Notes
Global Trends in Board-Shareholder Engagement
October, 2013 | Director Notes
Social Issues in the 2013 Proxy Season
September, 2013 | Director Notes
September, 2013 | Director Notes
Disclosure Lessons from the 2013 Proxy Season
August, 2013 | Director Notes
When Do Shareholders Care About CEO Pay?
August, 2013 | Director Notes
Generating Value for Investors and Society
August, 2013 | Director Notes
Underpinnings of Corporate Governance Approaches and the Shareholder Value Model
July, 2013 | Director Notes
June, 2013 | Director Notes
Sustainability Business Case: A Model for Incorporating Financial Value Drivers
June, 2013 | Director Notes
CEO-Board Chair Separation: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
June, 2013 | Director Notes
Corporate Director Selection and Recruitment: A Matrix
May, 2013 | Director Notes
May, 2013 | Director Notes
Communicating Sustainability Leadership The Difficulty of Achieving Differentiation
April, 2013 | Director Notes
Peer Groups Understanding CEO Compensation and a Proposal for a New Approach
April, 2013 | Director Notes
Sustainability in the Boardroom: A 2013 Update
March, 2013 | Director Notes
Potential Cost and Value of ERM
March, 2013 | Director Notes
February, 2013 | Director Notes
Preparing for a Succession Emergency
February, 2013 | Director Notes
Bar Is Rising on Sustainability Leadership
January, 2013 | Director Notes
Achieving a Successful Annual Meeting
January, 2013 | Director Notes
December, 2012 | Director Notes
Board Oversight of Management’s Risk Appetite and Tolerance
December, 2012 | Director Notes
Charting a Path to Sustainability Leadership
November, 2012 | Director Notes
Reporting on Corporate Sustainability Performance
October, 2012 | Director Notes
What Do Corporate Directors and Senior Managers Know about Social Media?
October, 2012 | Director Notes
Review of Shareholder Proposals on Environmental Issues
October, 2012 | Director Notes
Defining Pay in Pay for Performance
September, 2012 | Director Notes
When the Debt Incurred in a Cash Merger Causes the Target to Fail: Protecting Target Directors
September, 2012 | Director Notes
August, 2012 | Director Notes
Strategic Risk Management: A Primer for Directors
July, 2012 | Director Notes
Stakeholder Dialogue in Germany, Italy, and the United States
July, 2012 | Director Notes
Collaboration Between Multistakeholder Standards: A Governance Perspective
June, 2012 | Director Notes
CEO Succession Planning: Current Developments, Shareholder Activism, and Disclosure Practices
June, 2012 | Director Notes
Linking Executive Compensation to Sustainability Performance
May, 2012 | Director Notes
Global Supply Chain Labor Standards
May, 2012 | Director Notes
Women on Boards: Review and Outlook
May, 2012 | Director Notes
Proxy Season 2012: The Year of Pay for Performance
April, 2012 | Director Notes
Communication Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility within and across Industries
April, 2012 | Director Notes
From Enron To Lehman Brothers: Lessons for Boards From Recent Corporate Governance Failures
March, 2012 | Director Notes
March, 2012 | Director Notes
Financial Reporting Challenges for 2012
February, 2012 | Director Notes
Way Forward: A Primer on Conducting an Independent Investigation
February, 2012 | Director Notes
Corporate Governance Practices for Initial Public Offerings in the United States
January, 2012 | Director Notes
Risk Oversight: Should Your Board Have a Separate Risk Committee?
January, 2012 | Director Notes
Activism and the Move toward Annual Director Elections
December, 2011 | Director Notes
Role of the Board in Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting
November, 2011 | Director Notes
Revisiting Justifications for Board Diversity
November, 2011 | Director Notes
Role of the Board in Fraud Risk Management
October, 2011 | Director Notes
Excess Pay and the Dodd-Frank Clawback
October, 2011 | Director Notes
October, 2011 | Director Notes
SOP Drives Compensation Program Changes to Enhance Pay/Performance Link
September, 2011 | Director Notes
Making the Business Case for Corporate Philanthropy
August, 2011 | Director Notes
A Closer Look at Negative Say-on-Pay Votes During the 2011 Proxy Season
July, 2011 | Director Notes
July, 2011 | Director Notes
SEC Enforcement Actions against Outside Directors Offer Reminder for Boards
June, 2011 | Director Notes
Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility
June, 2011 | Director Notes
Outbound Mergers and Acquisitions by Indian Firms
May, 2011 | Director Notes
May, 2011 | Director Notes
Role of CFOs in Material Accounting Manipulations
May, 2011 | Director Notes
Measuring the Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility
April, 2011 | Director Notes
What Board Members Should Know About Communicating CSR
March, 2011 | Director Notes
March, 2011 | Director Notes
Professionalization of Shareholder Activism in France
February, 2011 | Director Notes
Investing in CSR to Enhance Customer Value
February, 2011 | Director Notes
Risk Oversight Practices: Two Success Stories
January, 2011 | Director Notes
Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2011
January, 2011 | Director Notes
E-Proxy Reform, Activism, and the Decline in Retail Shareholder Voting
December, 2010 | Director Notes
A Brief Overview of Corporate Governance Reforms in India
December, 2010 | Director Notes
Private Ordering and Proxy Access Rules: The Case for Prompt Attention
December, 2010 | Director Notes
Pay vs. Performance Disclosure: The Case for Prompt Attention
November, 2010 | Director Notes
Preparing for the 2011 Proxy Season
November, 2010 | Director Notes
Corporate Misconduct and the Market for Directorships
November, 2010 | Director Notes
Retaining Former CEOs on the Board
October, 2010 | Director Notes
Risk Oversight Practices: Insights from Corporate Directors
September, 2010 | Director Notes
Compensation-Related Risk and Compensation Consultants
August, 2010 | Director Notes
Board Diversity and Director Qualifications
August, 2010 | Director Notes
August, 2010 | Director Notes
Role of the Board in Risk Oversight
August, 2010 | Director Notes
July, 2010 | Director Notes
Sustainability in the Boardroom
June, 2010 | Director Notes
Examining the Impact of SEC Guidance Changes on CEO Succession Planning
April, 2010 | Director Notes
Investor Engagement in Europe in the Wake of the Shareholder Rights Directive Implementation
April, 2010 | Director Notes
Directors' Duties under the New SEC Rules on Disclosure Enhancement
February, 2010 | Director Notes
Duty to Monitor under Delaware Law: from Caremark to Citigroup
February, 2010 | Director Notes
From Compliance Governance to Strategic Governance
January, 2010 | Director Notes
Directors’ Duties and the Pursuit of Social Investments
January, 2010 | Director Notes
